Recent magazines show the popularity of the "Star Wars" movies, including publications of the Los Angeles Times and Time magazine. In comparison, nonfiction articles offering insights to our actual 'God Force' are ignored, overlooked or shunned due to corporate values, social consciousness and fear of the 'what can become better known and understood.' Hundreds of articles at this blog chronicle the truth that each person is linked with this Force.
George Lucas and his occasional collaborative associate Francis Ford Coppola have considered the medium of commercial cinema as a life-fulfilling activity and means of self-expression and this attention given to entertainment is shared by multitudes of people who see their movies. Prior to becoming a metaphysical author in 1997, among the movies that this blogger helped publicize as Paramount Pictures publicity department staff writer are two George Lucas productions ("Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and "Tucker: The Man and His Dream"; the latter directed by Coppola). Other of my studio publicity assignments include movies with such diverse subjects as "Regarding Henry," "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger" (all starring Harrison Ford); "Soapdish" costarring Carrie Fisher; "The Godfather Part III"; the "Star Trek" movie series; "Ghost," "Forrest Gump," "Braveheart" and re-releases of "The Ten Commandments" and "1900" — more than 100 movies altogether. In this article I'm investigating the metaphysical and spiritual orientations and impetuses of George Lucas in relation to his conception of 'The Force.'
As this blogger has previously mentioned — It was during . . . 1977 that I saw an early special screening of the movie "Star Wars" for USC cinema students without having any expectation of the tremendous success that would follow. An innovative aspect of the film were the comments about the mysterious 'Force.' If the Force was with you, there could be audible guidance from disembodied relatives like Luke Skywalker's uncle Obi-Wan Kenobi. Parallels are obvious with the panoply of documented cases of transcendental communication (although I gave no contemplation to this at the time).
Many articles at this blog have included perspectives of The God Force (incl. 1, 2, 3). A comment in one recent article is 'All entertainment opportunities provide examples of the aspect of The God Force expressed as innate human 'creativity' and vary in relation to 'good' ('God') or 'evil' ('The Devil') polarities.' Lucas presented his own conception of a 'Dark Side' of 'The Force' in his "Star Wars" movies. People today are conditioned to seeking fictitious excitement by watching movies and TV shows, reading novels and listening to Pop music. Countless individuals worldwide don't realize that information is readily available about Divine Dispensations of The God Force as presented among more than 600 articles at this blog. (Metaphysical Articles Index) Lucas made a career of producing cinematic entertainment rather than determining what data may be found presenting evidence concerning metaphysical and spiritual aspects of the life experience. The corporate structure of movie distribution has emphasized the art form as a lucrative means of profit and this focus has continuously become more and more evident since the release of the first "Star Wars" movie in 1977.
A recent documentary series is "Icons Unearthed: Star Wars" and online articles have reported about some of the commentary of George Lucas's former wife Marcia, one of the first movie's film editors. She was also one of his influences while writing the screenplay. The unidentified author of an Inverse article commented: ". . . in the new documentary, Marcia Lucas reveals that it was her idea to have Obi-Wan die at Darth Vader’s hands." Here are some quotes of Marcia Lucas from the article.
The article commentator observed:
"I said, 'What if Darth Vader kills Obi-Wan Kenobi?'" she recalls. "And Obi-Wan Kenobi disintegrates while they’re escaping, and George said, 'I like that idea.'"
"In the script, Obi-Wan was in the Rebel War Room talking to Luke," she says. "But I said, 'He can still say all that stuff he needs to say to Luke.' I sort of pride myself on killing Obi-Wan Kenobi!"
The article commentator observed:
The idea that Obi-Wan would “disintegrate” and become a ghost helps to contextualize the cosmic mysteries of the Force, but it’s also been an important mechanic to the ongoing saga time and time again. Yoda’s long-term plans rely entirely on Jedi communicating from beyond the grave, culminating in his conversation with Luke in "The Last Jedi." Obi-Wan communicated with Luke throughout the original trilogy, appearing to him in "Return of the Jedi"'s final moments alongside Yoda and Anakin. The ending to the entire Skywalker Saga in "The Rise of Skywalker" also relies on the existence of Force Ghosts.
This throwaway suggestion wound up being an idea that remains hugely important almost half a century later. If the appearance of Qui-Gon Jinn as a Force Ghost in the final scenes of Obi-Wan Kenobi is any indication, then that’ll remain the case for the foreseeable future.
In one recent post of the Metaphysical Articles blog, I observed about innate human creativity —
I now realize that every creative aspect of the moviemaking process—as with those of any art form and including marketing contributions—is consciously 'channeled' and how 'The God Force' expresses and manifests through yourself becomes 'who you are' in your life as you interact with other Earth people — each of ourselves being an individual 'consciousness unit' of 'All That Is.'
In another article this blogger mentioned —
Hugo Münsterberg observed in his 1916 book about the early days of cinema The Photoplay; A Psychological Study:
But the richest source of the unique satisfaction in the photoplay is probably that esthetic feeling which is significant for the new art and which we have understood from its psychological conditions. The massive outer world has lost its weight, it has been freed from space, time, and causality, and it has been clothed in the forms of our own consciousness. The mind has triumphed over matter and the pictures roll on with the ease of musical tones. It is a superb enjoyment which no other art can furnish us. No wonder that temples for the new goddess are built in every little hamlet.
It didn't take long for people to become accustomed to movies and acquire a mundane orientation to the film industry along with all the new media technologies that have followed. Whatever the medium that is the source for the recording of video and audio, something to consider is what is affixing the image and sound to each source.
In a 1987 interview with David Sheff for Rolling Stone magazine, George Lucas is quoted responding to questions about 'The Force," as follows.
INTERVIEWER: In cowboy movies the good guys won with their bravery and guns. In "Star Wars" the good guys had more than phasers; they had the Force. What is the Force?
GEORGE LUCAS: The Force is what happens in spite of us that we can either use or not use. We can fight these changes, or we can use them, incorporate them into our lives, take full advantage of them. One of the most significant moments in establishing our direction now was when we landed on the moon. It was the first time we could look back and see us as one planet. We began to perceive ourselves as a human race, as one would, one little ball of humanity. We had new information with which to go forward. Some people got scared, turned inward, became overwhelmed. Others saw.INTERVIEWER: Saw what?
GEORGE LUCAS: We saw why you cannot blindly set off an atomic bomb, for example. It is one planet and what you do on one side of the planet will affect the entire planet. The ecology of the rain forests in Brazil affects everyone. On a cultural level we are seeing it, too. Everything will merge into one culture. There will be one language everyone will speak. The issues that emerge then are not which nation is going to beat which other nation in a war but how to address the problem that there are some people who have and others who have not. We always addressed it on a provincial level, but when you realize that it is all interconnected, you realize that you have to address it on a global level.The opposing view is the nostalgic notion I was talking about — fear of change: "I don't want to lose myself in the greater ocean of humanity." Kick and scream all you want, but that is the way things are going. Regionalism is going to disappear, for better or worse — probably for better and worse. You can preserve little bits of culture here and there, but the new culture will be global. Multinational corporations are one of the biggest forces in this. You might as well as accept the fact the McDonald's in Turkey tastes exactly like the McDonald's in New York City. That's not something to argue with. That's the way it is.
INTERVIEWER: Do you believe that individual cultures will be lost as a result?GEORGE LUCAS: Cultures by definition are metamorphosing. Cultures have always grown from other cultures. In each, there were people bemoaning the loss of the way things were. There were also other people celebrating the new challenges. That, to me, is the only way to go. "Star Wars" served to challenge the imagination and say, "For one second take your eyes off your feet and look at the stars."
One may well wonder what George Lucas would say about present horrible social conditions: a growing homeless population simultaneous with national war expenditures resulting from the breakdown of international diplomacy, the pandemic and other fearful environmental challenges worldwide. For many decades people have been accustomed to focus on entertainment, instead of developing one's metaphysical, spiritual and cosmological understanding of life prior to making the eventual transition to the ascended realm of life / 'next state of existence' / or so-called 'other side' . . . readers can develop their understanding of ourselves and The Force through reading some of the 600+ articles available at this blog.
One lamentable condition for metaphysically ignorant corporate executives and people in world government leadership positions is that it might not be until they reach the ascended realm that there is the realization that spiritual understanding is a treasure with greater value to one's eternal life than any other form of ephemeral gain of an earthly incarnation. Helping others and our planet's environment is a way of expressing love to God, the Source of all blessings and favors. (Metaphysical Articles Index)
Also see: "The Force Awakens?", "EVP Investigation: 2015 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Comic-Con Panel" and "Tapping the Force: Leslie Flint Recordings and Links".
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